Karnataka Christadelphian Youth is a young people’s weekend hosted by the Bangalore ecclesia every couple of months. It commenced in 2002 at the Mandya ecclesial hall and has, for the last ten years has provided young people from the ecclesias in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu with a regular gathering for friendship, spiritual upbuilding and personal encouragement. At present…
The Shunem home is independent of the ACBM. The committee for the Shunem Home is based in the United Kingdom. Shunem Home website About The Christadelphian Shunem home is situated to the south west of Hyderabad, India and was established in 1999 by Tim and Sarah Galbraith as a home for the children of street…
We have launched a further appeal to assist our brethren and sisters who have suffered severe persecution in their own country because they have stood firm for the Truth. Some of these brethren and sisters have been able to flee their homeland and are now in another country seeking recognition as refugees by the UNHCR.…
Bartimaeus is a project run independently of the ACBM by members of the Bangalore ecclesia and a UK-based fundraising committee Visit the website here Bartimaeus Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired was registered as a Charitable Trust in 2005. It was set up to provide educational facilities for blind and partially sighted young men and…
1985 September Bro Harry Jones from Yokine reporting “Our work of preaching the Gospel in Sri Lanka is making excellent progress: almost 200 contacts have been made and over 20 of these are now receiving the Bible Study course. Arrangements are now almost complete for our Bro. and Sis. Alex Gordon to spend 2 months…
1867 November One, J. Lilley, writing from this place for himself and brethren, on the 27th July last, says “In this far-off heathen land, I and a brother of mine by chance saw your Twelve Lectures , and they were the means of our being led to search the scriptures. I am glad to say…
The following reports where printed in The Christadelphian: 1981 April We extract from a letter from Bro. Laurence Cresswell, and from a report he submitted to the Australasian C.B.M. in April, the following summary of recent developments, “Our correspondence circle now embraces 388 Esperantists in 51 countries. The larger numbers are in Poland and Hungary…
The following are the reports of the Bangalore ecclesia in The Christadelphian magazine from 1982 to 2010. 1981 1982 May June Bangalore. —Another has responded to the call of the Gospel. On Mar. 17, in answer of a good conscience toward God, Lilly Martha , second daughter of our Bro. Henry Harry, was baptized into…
The A.C.B.M. Involvement The “A.C.B.M.” is the acronym for the AUSTRALASIAN CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION. This includes the Australian and New Zealand ecclesias. By the time the Australasian ecclesias began to reach out into new areas, the earlier brethren had (for over 80 years by the 1950’s) moved into various parts of the East and West…
Why did Israel build such an elaborate temple? There is no doubt that heaven, not the temple, was the dwelling place of God himself. It is a point that Solomon makes repeatedly: “Hear from heaven your dwelling place.” Solomon himself states that “heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain (the LORD), how much less this house that I have built” ( 2 Chronicles 6:18)…
SHARING THE HOPE & SHARING FOOD A mother and son come and do Bible sessions with us. Afterwards they always join us for lunch, and we share what we have cooked and what they bring with them. A POSSIBLE CONTACT COMING NEAR TO YOU? One of the students has a daughter staying in Australia, and…
The first recorded disagreement within the Christian church is about money: “A man named Ananias … sold a piece of property, and … kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it” (Acts 5:1). The second recorded disagreement within the Christian church is also about money: “A complaint by…
History of the Truth in Vanuatu The ecclesia commenced in the city of Vila on the island of Efate in 1999 with the baptism of Brother Kaltos Manses. Our gospel proclamation has continued to have results with ecclesias now established in five of the islands. We were in Vanuatu for five weeks during June and…
WHEN the Lord Jesus first sent out the apostles he gave them a dual mission: they were to preach, and they were to heal the sick. This they did, and after Jesus’ ascension they continued in the same vein. We too find ourselves with two similar callings preaching and welfare. In Galatians 6, for instance, the words in verse 6, “Let…
Bangladesh A new mission home in Dhaka Picture 1 – This is the wedding breakfast in the new Sava apartment with no furnishings. Picture 2 – Bangladeshi bride and groom are by tradition not to smile. Bro Peter & sis Sweetie do very well! Picture 3 – Sister Sylvia teaching a number of children she…
Philippines The December 2011 Youth Conference, was a wonderful opportunity for hundreds of the vibrant, energetic and enthusiastic young people to get together. Always quick with a smile, they made sure everyone felt welcome. Their enthusiasm, and spiritual yearning was a huge lesson in itself; and a real motivator for finding pleasure and contentment in…
It’s come as a bit of a surprise, but here we are with the 200th issue of The Bible Missionary. Such a milestone does not occur very often. As you may be able to work out for yourself, it is 25 years since issue 100 and, if the Lord remains away, it will be another 25 years before issue 300. The first issue…
Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country bounded by Russia in the north and China in the south. It covers an area twice the size of NSW but with a population of just 2.7 million is the world’s most sparsely populated nation. There is an ecclesia of four in the capital Ulaanbaatar which meets regularly in a small flat rented by…
A mini (and very portable) Bible Exhibition made up of laminated coloured panels was recently used in five locations in Solomon Islands from the capital Honiara, to the rural provinces, even to an island where there are only walking tracks. The theme of the exhibition is God’s Plan for the Earth and follows through from Creation…
Bangladesh Ten years have passed since we lived in Bangladesh. Since that time we have made shorter visits, but this  time it was very noticeable how much had developed  in the ecclesia since our first trip. We rejoiced in  seeing those whom we taught in Sunday School when they were children, now baptised and teaching the…